Renting out my house in France
Counting down to moving out of our beloved house. 12 more days for us to leave our life in the Parisian region and to start anew in the southeast of…
French House
Holidays at home
During the holidays, we usually drive to another part of the country and rent a holiday house or what’s called a gîte. If the holidays last more than a week,…
Gardener quest (Part 2)
It was half way through autumn and I still had not found a jardinier or a gardener. For the past few months, I had been looking after the garden myself–weeding…
Gardener quest (Part 1)
How naive we were. €500 for the initial overhaul of the garden. That was the initial budget, back in July 2021 when just moved into the house, we allocated to…
Lazy Sunday and apple cinnamon rolls
I woke up to a wet, wet autumn Sunday. Through the window of my makeshift study cum bedroom window, I could see that it rained again in the night. Rain…